More changes per usual. I still may "play" with it a bit more and I usually tend to a combo of how stock is now and where I think it will end up rather than one way or another. As typical, I expect a lot to change leading to the draft - no, this isn't me shlumplacking you, this is just true and has been proven to be true year after year. The combine is almost here so that should shake things up a bit more. This mock will reflect that a bit more than it has. Free agency and ish after that, time and time and time, etc.

Again, please let me know if there are mistakes. Any and all constructive criticism is encouraged.

WR is a need, but Austin is a terrible pick. With Harvin on the roster, Austin obviously doesn't make any sense at all due to overlapping skillsets, and even with Harvin traded, the Vikings still have Jarius Wright at slot reciever.

What the Vikings need is a big(ger) WR that can 1) play on the outside and 2) get open and make plays down field and in the red zone. More than anything, Minnesota needs a WR that will keep defenders away from the line of scrimmage and away from Adrian Peterson. Austin, a pass catching RB basically, does not do that for us.

At WR, Keenan Allen and DeAndre Hopkins make so much more sense.

If not WR, then Short, Minter, Hankins, Rhodes, Banks, and especially Ogletree* make more sense.

*Seriously, Ogletree would be an easy pick here.

Edit:

And just a few hours after writing this, Ogletree gets arrested for DUI, likely taking him off of the Vikings' draft board.

In that case, I'd say DeAndre Hopkins would be the pick, he's my favorite WR prospect and it sounds like Keenan Allen isn't impressing in Combine workouts.

Last edited by AQuintus on Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:04 am; edited 1 time in total

Not a good Vikings pick, my friend. Even if Harvin is dealt, the Vikes have Jarius Wright to play the slot and would still have a glaring hole on the outside if they took Austin. Keenan Allen or Alec Ogletree should be the pick._________________

Let me be the third Viking fan to mock this pick, but Austin is simply not a good fit, regardless of Harvin's situation. I would much rather have DeAndre Hopkins, Quinton Patton or Terrance Williams in round one over Austin at WR.

My choice would be Alec Ogletree however, He would be a perfect WLB/nickel MLB in the Vikes scheme. (edit: scratch this idea with the DUI)_________________

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Ansash upside is way more than okafer's and Ansah can actually play a more versatile position of 4-3 DE and 3-4 olb in Nolans Hybrid 4-3 / 3-4 scheme making him much more valuable to us._________________ 2010 and 2013